neither did Hitler
the eurasian plain stretching from the Netherlands to Siberia is the standard invasion route.
don't fall for the Putin propaganda
Posted on 09/21/2022 2:32:56 AM PDT by Cathi
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends,
The subject of this address is the situation in Donbass and the course of the special military operation to liberate it from the neo-Nazi regime, which seized power in Ukraine in 2014 as the result of an armed state coup.
Today I am addressing you – all citizens of our country, people of different generations, ages and ethnicities, the people of our great Motherland, all who are united by the great historical Russia, soldiers, officers and volunteers who are fighting on the frontline and doing their combat duty, our brothers and sisters in the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions and other areas that have been liberated from the neo-Nazi regime.
The issue concerns the necessary, imperative measures to protect the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Russia and support the desire and will of our compatriots to choose their future independently, and the aggressive policy of some Western elites, who are doing their utmost to preserve their domination and with this aim in view are trying to block and suppress any sovereign and independent development centres in order to continue to aggressively force their will and pseudo-values on other countries and nations.
The goal of that part of the West is to weaken, divide and ultimately destroy our country. They are saying openly now that in 1991 they managed to split up the Soviet Union and now is the time to do the same to Russia, which must be divided into numerous regions that would be at deadly feud with each other.
They devised these plans long ago. They encouraged groups of international terrorists in the Caucasus and moved NATO’s offensive infrastructure close to our borders. They used indiscriminate Russophobia as a weapon, including by nurturing the hatred of Russia for decades, primarily in Ukraine, which was designed to become an anti-Russia bridgehead. They turned the Ukrainian people into cannon fodder and pushed them into a war with Russia, which they unleashed back in 2014. They used the army against civilians and organised a genocide, blockade and terror against those who refused to recognise the government that was created in Ukraine as the result of a state coup.
After the Kiev regime publicly refused to settle the issue of Donbass peacefully and went as far as to announce its ambition to possess nuclear weapons, it became clear that a new offensive in Donbass – there were two of them before – was inevitable, and that it would be inevitably followed by an attack on Russia’s Crimea, that is, on Russia.
In this connection, the decision to start a pre-emptive military operation was necessary and the only option. The main goal of this operation, which is to liberate the whole of Donbass, remains unaltered.
The Lugansk People’s Republic has been liberated from the neo-Nazis almost completely. Fighting in the Donetsk People’s Republic continues. Over the previous eight years, the Kiev occupation regime created a deeply echeloned line of permanent defences. A head-on attack against them would have led to heavy losses, which is why our units, as well as the forces of the Donbass republics, are acting competently and systematically, using military equipment and saving lives, moving step by step to liberate Donbass, purge cities and towns of the neo-Nazis, and help the people whom the Kiev regime turned into hostages and human shields.
As you know, professional military personnel serving under contract are taking part in the special military operation. Fighting side by side with them are volunteer units – people of different ethnicities, professions and ages who are real patriots. They answered the call of their hearts to rise up in defence of Russia and Donbass.
In this connection, I have already issued instructions for the Government and the Defence Ministry to determine the legal status of volunteers and personnel of the military units of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. It must be the same as the status of military professionals of the Russian army, including material, medical and social benefits. Special attention must be given to organising the supply of military and other equipment for volunteer units and Donbass people’s militia.
While acting to attain the main goals of defending Donbass in accordance with the plans and decisions of the Defence Ministry and General Staff, our troops have liberated considerable areas in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions and a number of other areas. This has created a protracted line of contact that is over 1,000 kilometres long.
This is what I would like to make public for the first time today. After the start of the special military operation, in particular after the Istanbul talks, Kiev representatives voiced quite a positive response to our proposals. These proposals concerned above all ensuring Russia’s security and interests. But a peaceful settlement obviously did not suit the West, which is why, after certain compromises were coordinated, Kiev was actually ordered to wreck all these agreements.
More weapons were pumped into Ukraine. The Kiev regime brought into play new groups of foreign mercenaries and nationalists, military units trained according to NATO standards and receiving orders from Western advisers.
To be continued.
Publication date: September 21, 2022, 09:00
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Executive Order on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation
The President signed Executive On Declaring Partial Mobilisation in the Russian Federation.
September 21, 202209:20 As per federal laws No. 61-FZ On Defence, dated May 31, 1996, and No. 31-FZ On Mobilisation Preparations and Mobilisation in the Russian Federation, dated February 26, 1997, and Federal Law No. 53-FZ On the Military Duty and Military Service, dated March 28, 1998, the President declared a partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation as of September 21, 2022.
The Executive Order provides for calling up citizens of the Russian Federation for service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of the mobilisation effort. Citizens of the Russian Federation called up for military service as part of mobilisation will enjoy the status of military personnel serving in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under contract.
The Executive Order sets forth money allowances for the citizens of the Russian Federation called up for military service as part of mobilisation, as well as the duration of the military service contracts signed by the military personnel, grounds for discharging military personnel serving under contract, as well as citizens called up for military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of mobilisation.
Corresponding instructions have been issued to the Government of the Russian Federation and top government officials in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Under the Executive Order, citizens of the Russian Federation employed by defence companies will benefit from an exemption from the mobilisation draft for the period of their employment by these organisations. The Government of the Russian Federation shall define the categories of citizens of the Russian Federation who have the right to draft exemptions and the manner in which these exemptions shall be provided.
This week?
Breaking news from moscows cathy.
Next you will be declaring that Putin’s army is on the English channel
“You forgot the Biden red-light-backlit speech from a few weeks ago ALREADY? And the DHS declaration that right-wing terrorists are the worst threat facing the country? And the FBI being diverted from child pr0n/trafficking cases to go after MAGA supporters? You’re either unspeakably non-informed or a troll.”
Say, what??? Did you post to me by mistake?
Who cares what Putin wants. Martial law is what Traitorjoe's kakistocracy wants.
Well, I don’t know if *Putin* wants Biden to declare martial law, but Biden is going way over any line that any one else in the White House has ever crossed, in speaking of political enemies.
Hence I reminded you of the Biden speech and other items.
I agree, Putin isn’t necessarily the one behind it; but I think Biden is being at the least, reckless in his rhetoric.
Looks like the Samarkand Summit bore fruit.
The SCO members are clearly ok with these secessionary referenda. Otherwise they wouldn’t be happening.
Assuming the 3.5 Oblasts vote in favour of having pensions and heat and for not being predated on by vengeful thugs - then they will be fast-tracked into the Russian Federation.
neither did Hitler
the eurasian plain stretching from the Netherlands to Siberia is the standard invasion route.
don't fall for the Putin propaganda
Biden has ALWAYS been reckless in his rhetoric. The guy is an imbecile.
What were the stated goals of the invasion?
The de-Nazification of the Ukraine, and defending civilians in the Eastern parts of the Ukraine who had been being attacked by Zelensky et al.; tied up in that is the violation of the Minsk accords and the installation of the Zelensky govt. in 2014.
Incidentally, Zelensky had been a TV actor, in a sitcom about a nobody who became President.
Why do all the Democrats fete Zelensky after the Dems spent years trashing Ronaldus Magnus as “merely an actor” ?
Let me buy you a beer.
Head’s up to Freepers on this thread:
I saw on another thread that Joe Biden is scheduled to address the United Nations today. I do not know what time.
It will be interesting to hear what he has to say in response to Putin’s address.
I stand corrected.
Nonetheless, the Russians are wary of invasion from the West.
You didn’t answer my question, Comrade Whiskers. Who invaded whom?
‘They want war....They surely got one now’
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/09/they-wanted-war.html
“Shoygu tells who will be affected by mobilization
The mobilization will cover people who have served, primarily those with combat experience and a military registration specialty, Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said.
“Those who have served and have the right military specialty will be mobilized. All those who have been drafted will not be sent to the zone of the reserve. There is no question of mobilizing students, nor will conscripts be sent to the Special Forces. A total of 300,000 reservists will be drafted during the partial mobilization,” TASS quoted Shoygu as saying.
He noted that Russia has a huge mobilization resource of those who have served, those who have combat experience and military specialization.
“We have almost 25 million of them. So you can understand that this mobilization is a partial mobilization, 1% or a little more, 1.1% of the total mobilization resource,” Defense Minister Shoygu stressed.”
Having lost the Battle of Britain and being required to give up Operation Seelowe, Hitler had only one possible place to get the oil that he needed.
Operation Barbarossa wasn't (as is often supposed) an act of madness on Hitler's part. It was literally the only chance he had to win the war.
It's a fascinating piece of history, which remains highly relevant today.
Obama's coup-regime in Ukraine invaded the territory of the breakaway states of LPR and DPR.
That was back in 2014.
Glad I could help.
Pure gaslighting, Comrade.
That’s right; I supplied the context in which the attack occurred.
But I don’t see you apologizing for pretending it happened in a vacuum, or by implication, that it was the first of many inevitable expansionist moves by Russia.
I don’t know for sure if I agree that it was the only reason; I have skimmed other sources (but not read or considered in detail enough to know if they are right) that Stalin was preparing to backstab Hitler by invading to the West, when Barbarossa was launched.
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